Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2024

Judging by sales volume on Amazon, Quest 2 & Quest 3 massively outsold PSVR 2 during the 2023 holiday season. Tracking Quest 2, Quest 3, and PSVR 2 sales volume on Amazon US gives strong evidence that Quest headsets did quite well this holiday season, while PSVR 2 saw concerningly low sales.

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JANUARY 12, 2025

Meta Quest 3S was the top selling games console on Amazon US in 2024, despite only releasing in October. Thanks to UploadVR reader James Kelley for spotting Quest 3S on the Amazon 2024 Best Sellers list.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Twitter user JustDaven pointed out that Amazon reveals some coarse sales figures in certain cases, including for Quest 2 and Quest 3. We thought it would be interesting to look at all of the major Amazon territories where Quests are sold to find out what the numbers look like.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Well, an AR preview might not exactly be ‘trying it’, but Amazon’s new ‘AR View’ function aims to help you figure out if a crock-pot clashes with your marble counters, or if that chair can really fit in that corner, adding a little more depth to the online shopping experience than you’re used to.

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ARPost

JULY 10, 2023

Amazon View The Amazon app includes an augmented reality feature called Amazon AR View. The virtual try-on tool precisely applies cosmetics to the user’s face using facial recognition technology, enabling them to try out several looks before purchasing.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Augmented reality (AR) technology is proving to be an immensely powerful tool within the fashion industry. This includes Amazon and its Virtual Try-On for Shoes as well as Snapchat’s Dress Up feature. Virtual try-on technology invades brick-and-mortar stores.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2024

I think the report is right in expecting a non-bright 2025 for XR and in forecasting a rebound in 202627, but honestly, I perceive that since 2023 the industry is slowly growing instead of shrinking (e.g. This trend is expected to continue in 2025, but there should be a rebound in 2026. I guess it depends on the points of view.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 9, 2025

The star feature of the pro model is its innovative flat-prism lens design, which delivers an industry-leading 57-degree view through an 11mm profile. XREAL One is restocked on Amazon and XREAL.com now. Additionally, the glasses come in two sizes, and have adjustable eye spacing ranges and software fine-tuning for the perfect fit.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Amazon today announced a new developer tool at its annual AWS re:Invent that aims to make creating web-based applications for VR/AR and traditional monitors even easier. sample scene using Sumerian, image courtesy Amazon. Amazon Sumerian is now available for preview. You can also check out a sample scene here.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

While many of the popular use cases of AR and VR are still in the realm of gaming and entertainment, other industries are finding practical use cases unique to their sectors. Autodesk VRED is a 3D visualization solution that professionals in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industries are familiar with.

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MARCH 22, 2025

Quest 3S Was The Top Selling Console On Amazon In 2024 Meta Quest 3S was the top selling games console on Amazon US in 2024, despite only releasing in October. UploadVR David Heaney VR's inclusion in inflation figures is a reflection of how the technology is slowly entering the mainstream. billion.

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ARPost

APRIL 17, 2023

Even the immersive industry needs a real-life environment to discover gadgets and try AR/VR content. Also, we know that if you work in this industry, you should not miss these AR/VR events, either. And we will tell you exactly where you should go if you want to try the most exciting discoveries and devices.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 28, 2021

Facebook has clarified that the amount of these substances in the HMD sponge is below the industry standards and that the irritations regarded a very limited number of people: there have been 5,716 reports of skin irritation (45 of which required medical attention) on a total of over 4.2 million facepads.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The industrial Metaverse is looking to be the XR buzzword of 2024. The industrial Metaverse is simply an umbrella term which includes immersive (VR/AR/MR) digital solutions that support workplace use cases such as remote collaboration, design processes, and training.

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VRScout

JUNE 2, 2019

Industry insiders weigh in on the potential impact of the standalone headset. retailers such as Walmart, Amazon and Newegg, suggesting that VR is finally catching on with consumers. So, what is about this iteration of the VR headset that is getting consumers outside of the VR industry all hyped up about VR? Image Credit: Oculus.

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VRScout

JANUARY 13, 2019

Since the introduction of the Amazon Alexa and Google Home, Tellables , an app developer specializing in voice-driven storytelling, has been delivering easily-accessible audio tales through these voice assistant devices via simplistic commands, such as “Alexa, open my box of chocolates” or “Alexa, open Tricky Genie.”

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Accelerating Adoption of Spatial Sound Across Industries. It is fast becoming an industry standard for platforms and brands. Popular streaming platforms Netflix , Amazon , and Apple already have spatial and immersive categories among their services. The experience looks more real, sounds more real, and feels more real.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

Companies are beginning to incorporate the technology into solutions across various industries, including healthcare, sports, education, tourism, and the automotive industry. For example, in 2019, Amazon extended Alexa features to pair with headphones and earbuds.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

This Wednesday, Varjo completed a Series D funding round that secured the mixed reality (MR) technology firm with $40 million to establish an “industrial Metaverse” service. Our vision for a true-to-life, industrial #metaverse gets one step closer to reality. Additionally, the firm is building an industry 4.0

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VRScout

MAY 1, 2019

But today you no longer need to be a Unity professional or 3D designer to get into this sacred industry. Image Credit: Amazon. Sumerian by Amazon. With more VR hardware available than ever before, this is your chance to push the industry forward. So give it a try, your awesome VR project is waiting to be created.

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JANUARY 1, 2025

100K+ bought in past month" on Amazon US alone. Meanwhile, the Quest 3S listing on Amazon US, just one retailer in one region, shows over 100 thousand units sold over the past month - more than what's shown for all PlayStation 5 and Xbox SKUs combined.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The Air features an industry-standard 46-degree field-of-view (FoV) and 3 degrees of freedom (3 DoF) compared to the Light’s 52-degree FOV and 6DoF tracking. ” The Nreal Air is available for purchase on Amazon for $379 in the United States. The Air is also 25% lighter, 40% cheaper, and 50% more power-efficient.

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VRScout

MAY 29, 2019

From the moment the news broke about the cost of the acquisition, it sent a clear message to both the tech industry and consumers alike: VR is here to stay. From the moment the news broke about the cost of the acquisition, it sent a clear message to both the tech industry and consumers alike: VR is here to stay.

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AR Insider

JULY 22, 2021

To be clear, both of these technologies — and other industry jargon — represent real opportunities and accelerants… they’re just a bit overused (and misused) at times. “The big web-scale players like Google or Amazon [don’t] have data centers every 300 kilometers. the film industry).

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2019

” While several companies have already begun experimenting with AR home design, Shutterstock’s adoption of the technology marks a major stepping stone for the industry. Back in 2017, Amazon launched their own augmented reality shopping feature which allows customers to preview certain furniture in their homes before purchasing.

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Road to VR

MAY 20, 2024

” A candidate could be Amazon, the report maintains. I understand LG requested an end to collaboration because it believed there was not much synergy from their XR partnership,” an industry source familiar with the matter told the Korean Economic Daily.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Likewise, AutoDesk offers its XR cloud services through a partnership with Amazon. As enterprises explore entering XR, these offerings also help them integrate into cloud services offered by suppliers that they may already be working with, like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, or Lenovo. Not all XR companies offer their own cloud services.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 13, 2025

On visionOS you can download movies you have access to on Disney+, Apple TV+, Amazon Prime Video, and more, and you can rent or buy from a huge catalog of movies from Apple TV (formerly iTunes Store). Meanwhile, the only service with movie downloads on Quest is Amazon Prime Video, which it got in September. The bigger issue is content.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 26, 2023

At the time, The Leadership Network was focused on cross-industry leadership training which, through its executive masterclasses, let senior execs from non-competing companies go hands-on at the state-of-the-art facilities of global giants like Toyota, Tesla, Google, BMW and Amazon.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In the last couple of years, AR has experienced tremendous growth and popularity as big technology giants like Google, Amazon, Apple have adopted the technology. Some retail industry companies like American Apparel, Kohls, Sephora, etc. The concept of augmented reality is no longer new. AR in Retail and Shopping .

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JANUARY 29, 2025

The leaked memo comes a few weeks after it was revealed that Quest 3S was the top selling games console on Amazon US in 2024 , despite only releasing in October, and the Meta Horizon app needed to set up Quest headsets was the #1 free iPhone app on Christmas Day 2024. Further, SteamVR saw near-record usage in December.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 16, 2024

Moreover, with the recent Quest 3 from Meta and XR Elite from HTC VIVE, the marketplace is adopting MR solutions within industry-wide product portfolios. However, the industry should not forget the importance of VR solutions and hardware. It’s not so much the verticals, those specific industries which are driving adoption.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

We’ll separately tackle other subsectors like industrial. This democratizes advanced AR capabilities like graphics creation and includes tools like Unity , Amazon Sumerian and 8th Wall. That applies here but the AR experiences listed above ultimately end up in consumers’ hands, as opposed to those built for industrial productivity.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

O ne of the common rallying cries of the AR industry is that the technology’s use in ubiquitous smartphones makes it a strong forbear to AR’s eventual manifestation in glasses form. These dynamics and their impact on the AR industry’s growth are the focus of the latest report from AR Insider’s research arm, ARtillery Intelligence.

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ARPost

AUGUST 7, 2019

See Also: How Augmented Reality Is Transforming the Restaurant Industry. On massive retail platforms such as Amazon, customers have limitless options. French beauty brand L’Oréal teamed up with Amazon to address this problem. French beauty brand L’Oréal teamed up with Amazon to address this problem.

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AR Insider

JULY 21, 2020

This not only achieves democratization but does so in a way that’s analogous to one of the biggest democratization tools the tech world has ever seen: Amazon Web Services (AWS). And like AWS, it could be a highly scalable revenue stream, making it opportunistic for Niantic and a valuable utility for the industry.

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